Smooth Carrot Soup Recipe

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Robyn Larabee’s bright and creamy carrot soup is her young son’s very favorite. “He requests it often,” she writes from Lucknow, Ontario. “I like that it’s fast, easy and makes a perfect amount for the two of us when my husband is away at work.”

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Smooth Carrot Soup Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 3 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

2 cups chopped carrots
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon butter
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup buttermilk

Directions

In a small saucepan, saute carrots and onion in butter until crisp-tender. Add broth and ginger. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until carrots are very tender. Cool slightly.
Puree soup in a blender; return to the pan. Stir in buttermilk; heat through (do not boil). Yield: 2-1/2 cups.

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup (prepared with reduced-fat butter and reduced-sodium broth) equals 84 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 458 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Smooth Carrot Soup in Cooking for 2 Spring 2007, p25